The Alabama Senate passed SB10, a bill that would politicize your public library by stripping away due process in removing library board members. Now, the Alabama House will take up this partisan bill aimed at injecting chaos into a public institution.

It’s time to contact your elected officials. Please join us and tell them this is not a good-faith bill but a power grab to make all Alabama library boards stacked with Clean Up Alabama and Moms 4 Liberty operatives. 

SB 10, introduced by Sen. Elliott (R-Baldwin), would empower local elected officials to strip library board members of their appointees for any reason. It also eliminates staggered terms, which disrupt the continuity of operations and remove experienced board members. 

The Senate passed two amendments that would demand accountability and remove the language that says board members must be removed by a simple majority. One amendment to the bill requires library boards to submit an annual report detailing the board’s membership and board decisions to review or remove books from public libraries. This report would be submitted to the governor, speaker of the House and president pro tempore of the Senate by Dec. 31. Another amendment ensures library board members can only be removed by a two-thirds vote by the appointing authority.

But this isn’t good enough. It’s time to let your elected official know that you do not want partisan politics to take over your public library. Please take a moment and let your elected official know to say NO to SB 10? Fill out the email and send it to your elected officials. Let’s protect our public libraries from these attacks.